The AMADEUS score is not a sufficient predictor for functional outcome after high tibial osteotomy

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 2 Correlation of the AMADEUS total score and AMADEUS subscores with the KOOS subscale scores (Sp. R = Spearman R)

		AMADEUS Total		AMADEUS Defect Area		AMADEUS Defect Depth		AMADEUS Underlying Structure		AMADEUS BME		AMADEUS Grade
		Sp. R	p	Sp. R	p	Sp. R	p	Sp. R	p	Sp. R	p	Sp. R	p
Preoperative	KOOS ADL	0.18	0.15	−0.08	0.71	0.01	0.91	− 0.05	0.67	− 0.01	0.93	− 0.1	0.42
	KOOS QOL	− 0,11	0.40	−0.15	0.22	−0.10	0.39	−0.08	0.54	−0.09	0.48	0.13	0.31
	KOOS Symptoms	0.40	0.75	−0.04	0.75	−0.06	0.63	−0.06	0.65	−0.25	0.04*	−0.11	0.40
	KOOS Pain	0.17	0.17	−0.08	0.74	0.04	0.74	0.02	0.89	−0.03	0.83	−0.18	0.15
	KOOS Sports	0.25	0.40	−0.08	0.73	−0.02	0.88	−0.09	0.47	−0.06	0.61	−0.12	0.33
Postoperative	KOOS ADL	0.01	0.96	0.00	0.97	−0.16	0.19	−0.07	0.56	0.01	0.95	0.06	0.61
	KOOS QOL	−0.84	0.50	−0.11	0.37	−0.15	0.24	−0.00	0.98	−0.08	0.51	0.05	0.70
	KOOS Symptoms	−0.13	0.20	−0.07	0.40	−0.22	0.08	−0.12	0.13	−0.20	0.11	0.10	0.40
	KOOS Pain	0.05	0.67	−0.06	0.23	−0.15	0.22	−0.15	0.23	0.07	0.60	−0.11	0.39
	KOOS Sports	0.06	0.64	−0.01	0.91	−0.16	0.21	−0.13	0.31	−0.07	0.60	0.02	0.70